Washington, D.C. - The $2,500 Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper speed class, sponsored by The Strauss Family, was held on Thursday afternoon for 21 entries and five clear rounds with a win for Lucas Porter of Bartonville, TX, riding Sleepy P Ranch LLC’s Psychee d’Amour. Porter and the 11-year-old Selle Francais mare (Juvaro du Rouet SF x Papillon Rouge) were presented the Beagle Brook Farm Perpetual Trophy for their winning round in 51.84 seconds.
Hunter Holloway and I Love Lucy (Shawn McMillen Photography)
Following his win, Porter explained that his family has owned Psychee d’Amour for over three years, but the mare got injured and was out of competition for almost two years. This is her first full year back, and she quickly came back to win classes with Porter while showing abroad inMünchen-Riem and St. Tropez.
“She has just been fantastic the entire year,” Porter stated. “She is super fast, super careful. She is just a little speedster.”
Porter has had huge success this year including an individual gold medal at the North American Junior/Young Rider Championships and a big win at Spruce Meadows along with a fantastic European tour. He continued the streak on Thursday by earning his first win at the Washington International Horse Show.
“It is fun to win here and credit to the show organizers,” Porter acknowledged. “This is a fantastic show. It is well run. Even though there is one ring and you have to ride at different hours, everything is super punctual and everything runs on time. The in-gate guys here get all the horses in quickly, so the classes move nicely. Everything is just run really well.”
Thanks to his parents and trainer, John Roche, along with the help of Chelsea Sundius, Porter has a great support system getting him to the ring. For Thursday’s win, he and Psychee d’Amour had the combination of talent, speed, and a good strategy to jump to victory.
“The course was just about right for the first day here for the Lows. I thought it was a well-built course, so credit to the course designer,” Porter stated. “All of the lines had some difficulty to them, the first line especially. I was quite quick over to the double (combination). I think I did one or two less strides than the second place person there. She is just a naturally quick horse everywhere. That is mainly where she wins, is just her natural pace. I kind of just stay in a half seat and let her do her thing.”
Hunter Holloway and I Love Lucy (Shawn McMillen Photography)
The class saw 23 entries with four clear rounds and the fastest time of 49.05 seconds set by Holloway and I Love Lucy. Meredith Darst and Page Tredennick’s Zenith Dance finished second in 50 seconds. Lauren Fischer and Offenbach du Granit were third in 51.57 seconds, and Victoria Colvin and Brigid Colvin’s Don Juan placed fourth in 54.38 seconds.
“It is super exciting to win here. The atmosphere is amazing,” Holloway stated after the class. “As a kid, you dream about showing at the Washington International Horse Show. It is such a big deal and to be able to come here is like a dream come true. It is one of your goals that you set throughout the year to come here and compete successfully and then to do it is just really special.”
“She is a pretty quick horse on her own and travels over the ground pretty quickly, so I just wanted a smooth, forward round and the course was set great. It was very consistent, and I liked it. My horse liked it too,” Holloway said of the nine-year-old Warmblood mare (Corrado II x Papillion).
“She is a great horse. We have had her for about a year now,” the rider detailed. “When I got her we did the 1.30m, and we have brought her up from there. We went to Europe this summer and she competed there on a CSIOY young riders team and she was awesome.”
Holloway is trained by her mother, Brandie Holloway, and also gets help from Don Stewart and Anne Kursinski. Describing I Love Lucy further, she smiled, “I love her. She is an awesome horse. She is pretty simple, kind of a point and shoot. She is a chestnut mare for sure, but she is always fighting for you, which is nice. You can’t beat that. When they are fighting for you, there is nothing better.”
Final Results: $2,500 Low Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Time First Round, Sponsored by The Strauss Family
Placing/Back Number/Horse/Rider/Faults//Time
Owner
1 435 PSYCHEE D’AMOUR LUCAS PORTER: 0/51.842
SLEEPY P RANCH LLC
2 673 ZOPALA SIMA MORGELLO: 0/52.414
DOUBLE S FARM
3 260 NORTON DE LA SAPAIE LAUREN FISCHER: 0/53.999
LAUREN FISCHER
4 738 DELILAH YASMIN RIZVI: 0/54.602
PEACOCK RIDGE LLC
5 456 ULLA BLUE LIZA STOCKSTILL: 0/56.383
LIZA STOCKSTILL
6 763 NABUCO SHEER LEVITIN 4.00 52.966
SHEER LEVITIN
7 326 PENINSULA EMERALD LASS CAITLIN IVEY: 4/54.057
CAITLIN IVEY
8 218 CARTHESINO Z HAYLEY WATERS: 4/54.613
M/M CHUCK WATERS
9 169 SOFIA CAR NIKKI PROKOPCHAK: 4/55.676
NIKKI PROKOPCHAK
10 342 SALLY L TERI KESSLER: 4/55.683
TERI KESSLER
11 196 CESSNA 13 KYLE REGENYE: 4/56.785
KR HORSE SALES
12 691 CON CHINO Z ELIZABETH ADELSON: 4/57.123
FOUR FILLIES
Final Results: $5,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Time First Round, Sponsored by Ellen & Daniel Crown
Placing/Back Number/Horse/Rider/Faults/Time
Owner
1 319 I LOVE LUCY HUNTER HOLLOWAY 0.00 49.054
HAYS INVESTMENT CORP.
2 654 ZENITH DANCE MEREDITH DARST 0.00 50.001
PAGE TREDENNICK
3 261 OFFENBACH DU GRANIT LAUREN FISCHER 0.00 51.574
LAUREN FISCHER
4 689 DON JUAN VICTORIA COLVIN 0.00 54.381
BRIGID COLVIN
5 388 URBAN VIRGINIA INGRAM 4.00 48.951
RIVERVIEW FARM
6 607 WETTER CATHERINE TYREE 4.00 49.614
CATHERINE TYREE
7 464 BIGSHOT CALLIE MORGAN SMITH 4.00 50.890
SMITHFIELD FARMS
8 611 PROMISED LAND ADDISON GIERKINK 4.00 51.927
CANDY TRIBBLE/WINDSOR SHOW STABLES
9 415 ATHENA CHLOE REID 4.00 53.419
CHLOE D REID LLC
10 609 TIFFANY ADDISON GIERKINK 4.00 53.872
KADLEY HOLDINGS LLC
11 418 WINDBREAKER CHLOE REID 4.00 55.155
CHLOE D REID LLC
12 385 ALL IN KATHERINE STRAUSS 8.00 45.965
KATHERINE STRAUSS